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One-third of Barrie murders occur in October; No linkage to any cases, police sayBy raymond bowePosted 4 years agoFor Barrie police, October is traditionally one of its busiest months when it comes to murder.

"October seems to be a common month to be involved with major crimes, like homicides," Sgt. Dave Goodbrand said.

Since 1987, Barrie police have investigated 10 deaths in October, which accounts for about one-third of all homicides in the city.

"There's no linkage in any of these cases," Det. Norm Meech said.

April Dobson, 40, was shot to death Oct. 14, 2005, on Browning Trail in the city's Letitia Heights neighbourhood. Her killer has never been caught.

The skeletal remains of Alexandra Flanagan, 33, were found Oct. 4 in a south-end city park. Her death is being treated as "suspected foul play" until a cause of death is determined.

Katherine Janeiro, 20, was found stabbed to death in her Dunlop Street West apartment on Oct. 10, 1994. Her killer has never been caught.

Petra Elibrecht, 20, was found stabbed to death on Oct. 27, 1991, at 51 Dunlop St. E. Her common-law partner, Peter McMaster, now 38 years old, was convicted of second-degree murder and was paroled in May 2005.

Back in October 1993, Eric Ross, Barrie's most notorious mass murderer, killed four people. On Oct. 2, 1993, Fred Shapcott, a 46-year-old taxi driver, was found dead in his cab behind a Bayview Drive business. He died of blood loss from multiple stab wounds.

Two days later, the bodies of 85-year-old Ellsworth Beers, his 22-year-old granddaughter Pamela Constable and her friend Scott Seabrook, 28, were found in Beers' Peel Street home.

Several months later, a Letitia Heights woman was attacked in her home, her throat slashed. Ross was arrested and charged.

After maintaining his innocence for several years, Ross was convicted of first-degree murder in all four deaths. During the trial, court heard that drugs played a prominent role in Ross' disposition that weekend.

Next week, The Barrie Examiner will profile the cold-case files surrounding several unsolved crimes in the region. On Monday, April Dobson's murder is profiled.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~